September 2, 2014
Climate impacting a few of our favorite foodstuffs
Less fog means trouble for Central Valley fruits and nuts Researchers have found that the number of foggy winter days in California’s …
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August 28, 2014
Virtual water: Tracking the unseen water in goods and resources
China is a thirsty nation. Rapid economic growth and urbanization among its nearly 1.4 billion people in recent decades, as well as a growing …
December 12, 2013
Climate, terroir, and wine: What matters most in producing a great wine?
Weather and climate have played decisive roles throughout human existence — where and how cultures developed, where they migrated and even how …
January 20, 2012
Crystal Ball EARTH: Agriculture: The future will have a different face than the past
Tomorrow’s agriculture is facing an immense challenge. By 2050, the world’s population will reach somewhere between 9 billion and 10 billion …
January 20, 2012
Comment: Peak Soil: Does civilization have a future?
First there was Peak Oil, the idea that there’s only so much oil out there and we may have reached or even passed a turning point in global oil …